Tag: Indigenous peoples
Letter from Winona LaDuke
“Let us put our minds together to see what kind of future we can make for our children….” Sitting Bull By Winona LaDuke That’s really this time….
Bears Ears: what’s the rumble about?
Bears Ears is the first tribally requested national monument and has been home to Hopi, Diné, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni peoples since time immemorial, it was designated as a national monument in 2016 to…
For Native Americans, US-Mexico border is an ‘imaginary line’
By Christina Leza, Colorado College March 19, 2019 Immigration restrictions were making life difficult for Native Americans who live along – and across – the U.S.-Mexico border even before President Donald Trump declared a national emergency…
Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse history
The waters of Quitobaquito in southern Arizona have attracted diverse visitors for thousands of years. Jared Orsi, CC BY-ND By Jared Orsi, Colorado State University A few hundred yards from the Mexican border in southern Arizona…
Native People urge peace and friendship with Iran, demand U.S. get out of Iraq
By Brenda Norrell Censored News Native Americans rallied for peace today, sending a message of friendship to the people of Iran and demanding that the U.S. get out of Iraq, as they called out Trump for…
Buffy Sainte Marie: Truthtelling indigenous genocide
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News San Francisco — Buffy Sainte Marie says the truth must be told of the genocide of Indigenous Peoples, with the facts of the murder, slavery and rape that European kings and queens,…
Massive spill highlights outdated water quality standards, government oversight in Mexico
Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces reports on the changing culture and demographics of the American West and Southwest. The reporting was…
When disaster strikes, Indigenous communities receive unequal recovery aid
U.S. citizens recovering from natural disasters receive $26 per person, per year from the federal government. Tribal citizens? Just $3. By Allison Herrera High Country News In the last decade, more than 70 natural disasters have…
Puerto Rico two years after hurricane Maria
San Juan Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico a little over two years ago on September 17, 2017, with more force as a Cat-5 storm than any in the recorded history of the island. In San Juan,…
